Eddie Jones has urged his England players to become film stars on Saturday by creating their own blockbuster at Twickenham, rather than watching the All Blacks dominate the grand stage.

The national coach set the scene for a box-office extravaganza by pledging that his players will take the fight to the world champions, rather than falling into the trap of turning into admiring spectators, as so many teams do.

England will be clear underdogs when they confront Steve Hansen’s peerless New Zealand side, but Jones is adamant they won’t be overawed in the eagerly awaited Quilter Test.

Eddie Jones has urged his England players to become film stars against All Blacks on Saturday

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Jones said: ‘You can either make the movie or watch the movie, and we want to make the movie. We don’t want to sit there and watch it, because that’s what happens when you play New Zealand sometimes — you sit there and watch and think, “They’re the best team in the world, we can’t compete against them”.

‘But 33 per cent of our players have beaten New Zealand (with England or the British and Irish Lions). They understand that, like any team, they’ve got weaknesses and we’ve got an opportunity to get at them. So we want to make the movie. We want to be film directors.’

Asked if too many teams show too much respect to New Zealand, Jones added: ‘They sit there, they eat popcorn, have a can of Pepsi and watch the movie. Then they realise, “We can be in this”, but it’s too late, so we want to be sure that we’re in the movie.

England will be underdogs when they confront Steve Hansen’s peerless New Zealand side

‘As I said, 33 per cent of our players have beaten them and the other 67 per cent want to beat them and we’re happy to go out there and get stuck into them.

‘If we’re good enough, then we beat them. If we’re not good enough, then we work out how we can get good enough. That’s the thing.’

The All Blacks are making a first appearance at Twickenham in four years and the anticipation is tangible.

As ever with this iconic fixture, there will be a fascination with the Haka and how England and their supporters meet it, but Jones played down its significance in the modern era.

Jones played down the significance of the All Blacks' Haka in the modern era ahead of clash

‘I remember playing for New South Wales against them,’ he said. ‘We had a coach who said, “This Haka, boys, we’ve got to confront it. You have to find your opposite number and stand a nose-width away from him, look him in the eyes”.

‘I remember Nick Farr-Jones — very educated, silver spoon in the mouth, smart guy — he said, “We’re not doing that, that’s ridiculous”. We ended up getting beaten by 50 points, so maybe we should have done it!

‘But I think today players see it all the time. It used to be such a unique thing but they’re used to it.